After occupying the 203 heights, the Japanese began to transfer the 280-mm guns purchased from the United States to the high ground, so that these huge guns could cover the entire Lushun city and port, and all the targets of the Russian army were directly exposed to the Japanese guns.

The Russians had managed to repair the few ships damaged in the first round of raids, and if they could have moved faster, for example, if the repair time could have been brought forward by a month or two, then the fleet would have a chance to sail out of the harbor under the cover of the batteries and fight the Japanese fleet to the death. Although the strength of the Arthur detachment was inferior to that of the combined fleet, this battle was certainly more auspicious. However, the combined fleet could not be without losses either. At this time, the Baltic Fleet had already begun their epic expedition, and if the Combined Fleet lost too much in the battle with the Arthur detachment, it would be very questionable how much combat power they would have in the face of the approaching Baltic Fleet. Today, however, the situation was completely different, and while the Russian fleet was working to repair the ships, the Japanese fleet launched a blockage operation against Port Arthur's shipping lanes.

The Japanese army continued to send old ships full of stones, drove them to the channel of Port Arthur and sank them, so as to block the channel of Port Arthur. Of course, the Russian battery, which is not vegetarian, will naturally open fire to intercept it. Moreover, compared to naval guns, the shooting accuracy of the cannon on the turret is much higher (the warship will shake, but the turret will not, and the turret has conducted a test fire for any target area within the firing range, so it can be fired directly as soon as it is fired, and there is no need for test firing adjustments.) So, many of the ships on this mission were sunk by the batteries before they could get to their positions. However, the Japanese Navy exerted the spirit of not being afraid of casualties, organized a fleet again and again, and despite huge casualties, it finally blocked the channel with a sunken ship before the Arthur detachment restored its seafaring ability. Therefore, today's Lushun detachment is already a turtle in an urn, and there is nowhere to escape. So much so that the Russians could only dismantle the cannons on the warships and move them ashore to use them as shore guns.

It was not an easy task to pull the 280-mm cannon up to the 203 heights. This kind of cannon is so heavy that it must be laid with rails, and then a steam engine and a winch can be used to slowly drag this thing up. It took more than a month to go back and forth. When the Japanese finally dragged more than a dozen 280-mm guns in their hands to the gun position on the 203 heights, and only fired a few shots, the Russians sent military envoys and proposed to surrender to the Japanese.

As soon as the Russians in Lushun surrendered, the secret of how those chemical weapons came to be was immediately known to the Japanese. Naturally, they also know that the gas masks they bought at a high price are actually useless, because the Russians do not have chemical weapons at all. All of this is a trap that the Yankees have done.

However, despite such a loss, the Japanese government found that they had no way to fight back. Although Port Arthur has now been captured, the Russian army has not been completely defeated. If you turn your face with the Americans at this time, I am afraid that the Americans will immediately collude with the Russians again, and then what will happen, then it is really difficult to say. If nothing else, let's say gas masks, the gas masks ordered today have not yet been fully delivered, but the Japanese government does not dare to terminate the contract or return it, even though it knows that the Russians do not have chemical weapons. The reason is very simple, because once such a request is made, I am afraid that Russia will suddenly have a magic trick with chemical weapons.

In this way, under the oppression of the war situation, although it knew that it was set up by the Yankees, the Japanese government could only knock out its teeth and swallow blood, and pretended not to know anything for the time being. It is said that Youpeng in Shan County swore fiercely that one day, he would definitely give revenge to the Americans.

After the surrender of Lushun, the forces of the Third Army were liberated and used for operations in the Mukden direction. After receiving new reinforcements and equipping them with gas masks, (ordinary Japanese soldiers did not know that the last time the Russian army used poison gas was from the United States, in fact, except for a limited number of people at the top, no one knew about this matter.) The reason is simple - it would be very demoralizing if such a thing were known to the soldiers. The morale of the Japanese army, which had more artillery and machine guns, was greatly boosted, and they launched continuous attacks, causing the Russian army to retreat one after another. On the land front, the Russian army is already unable to support it.

At this time, the weaknesses of Russia's logistics and supply were also exposed. This weakness is not even just a lack of absolute capacity, but also a chaotic logistics organization. The front line was desperately short of ammunition, but from the rear it was often brought in by the half-built Trans-Siberian Railway, something I don't know what it was, for example, a wagon of Jesus Christ, a whole carriage of Bibles, or something. Of course, this is not the most pitiful, the most pitted is the Second Pacific Fleet, that is, the original Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. They somehow identified a British fishing boat as a Japanese warship as they passed through the North Sea, and then sank it with a burst of artillery fire. The result was an excuse for the British, who not only did not allow them to use the Suez Canal, thus forcing them to go around the Cape of Good Hope to Asia, but also pressured the neutral nations along the way not to provide the Russian fleet with ports for repairs and coal.

However, at that time, Russia's oil was not fully developed, and at the same time, there was a lack of production technology for large-scale pressure-resistant vessels, which made Russia lack refining capacity even if it produced crude oil. So in order to facilitate the supply, their ships are still using coal.

In order to have a voyage around the whole of Africa, the Russians had to load their warships with as much coal as possible when they docked in French ports, and as a result, not only the coal bunkers were filled with coal, but even the decks and even the rooms where the sailors were staying were stuffed with coal.

The Baltic Fleet never considered itself to sail on the tropical seas, so their military uniforms, even summer ones, were thickened spring and autumn clothes compared to other countries. And when they set off, because the weather was still cold, they didn't bring summer clothes at all, and they brought spring and autumn clothes that were almost winter clothes. In this way, when the fleet arrived near Africa, all the sailors were so hot that they had to play the celestial camp. Soldiers can do this, but officers still have to be decent, and as a result, the accompanying hospital ship is full of officers who have been brought in for treatment of heat stroke every day.

When the fleet rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached the Somali waters, where the pirates are now infested, finally waited for the transport ships that passed through the Suez Canal to bring them clothes, and then the officers who were desperate to save face unpacked the new uniforms with hope, and then were surprised to find that the fools of the logistics department had sent them thicker winter clothes from thousands of miles away!

To be honest, it is actually normal for the Russian army to have such logistical problems, and this is because the Russians are already short of money, and in countries that are short of money, the logistics of the army are not much good. Secondly, it is because of the corruption of the Russian army. In any department, logistics is always a place where there is a lot of oil and water. Due to the corruption of the Russian army, the logistics department has fallen into the hands of those who have connections and want to make money. These people's skills in making money are not bad, but the ability to do the right thing is really problematic.

In this way, the fleet went around most of the world, walked for several months, and after exhausting all the sailors, finally sailed to the east. Then, as in history, in the Tsushima Strait, it was completely annihilated by the combined fleet, which was waiting for work.

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"Russia and Japan signed an armistice." Greystone said to Scrooge, "As you estimated, the Japanese have won." However, the Russians did not pay even one ruble to Japan. Although the Japanese won the war, their finances did not improve at all. Judging from the current situation, the Japanese government may need to borrow another foreign debt in order to deal with the aftermath. At least until the cycle of borrowing to repay debts is over, the Japanese will not dare to fail to fulfill their agreement with us under any circumstances. ”

"Chao. How are the mines on the Fresh Peninsula developing? Scrooge asked.

"Our precise exploration has yielded results and we have discovered several good tungsten and molybdenum deposits. Preparations for mining are also underway, and about next year, we will be able to start mining these mines. Dad, I think this battle is really interesting. Gladstone replied.

"Oh? What are your thoughts? Scrooge asked.

"The Japanese fought this battle at great risk and paid a huge price to win, but the dividends of victory in the war did not eat anything. On the contrary, those who did not participate in the war received the most war dividends. Although, in the long run, gained a pair of to the DPRK. Xian's complete control, and the dominant position of the Lushun military port in the whole of Manchuria, must still be worth earning in the long run, but at least in the short term, this victory did not earn them anything. However, after a few years, the Japanese will come to their senses, and I am afraid that they will not just look at us and take advantage of us. ”

"In a few years?" Scrooge smiled, "In a few years, there will naturally be trouble in a few years." And, if they really want to treacherously trouble us, wouldn't that be an opportunity for our government to strengthen its navy? Well, it's just a small deal on the Japanese side, and the real big deal is about to begin. ”